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You can see how it got pretty much the correct strength and wavelength of the ridge to the South of the UK and decent handling on the cold pooling to the North.
The GFS, for all its quirks, is a pretty impressive global model and whilst there are some scenarios it struggles with, the building of sub tropical ridges ain't one of them.
In contrast to this, we took a look at the FV3. This model is expected to supersede the GFS in August 2019, although this date still hasn't been confirmed. Here, again was the chart for today :-

Some big differences there. Note the low pressure across the Med and the lack of high pressure across the UK. It's been noted that the FV3 has a slight cold bias to forecasting, but this scenario really is pretty wide of the mark.
Obviously, NCEP have a far more advanced verification process than the one we use, but credit to the GFS for the impressive forecasting for today, but FV3? Back to school for a few more weeks.
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We sometimes mention when the GFS hasn't got a clue as to next weeks weather, but sometimes, just sometimes... It's the opposite...

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A few images from around Europe today on the Eye in the Sky...

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A rather misty and murky start to Thursday as high pressure, light winds and milder air combine...

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